The ''Vallejo Times-Herald'' is a nearly-daily newspaper in the city of

Vallejo, California Vallejo ( ; ) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. Vallejo is home to th ...

. It is printed six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday.

History

Luther Gibson founded the ''Vallejo Herald'' in 1922. Later that year, he purchased the ''Vallejo Times'' and merged the papers. He owned the paper until 1974 when he sold it to the

Donrey Media Group Stephens Media LLC was a Las Vegas, Nevada, diversified media investment company. It owned stakes in the California Newspapers Partnership and the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette''. The company had been expanding its interactive Internet b ...

. On June 20, 1978, 113 of the newspaper's workers went on strike. They established a rival paper, ''Vallejo Independent Press'', directly next door. In spite of widespread support and thousands of Vallejoans canceling their ''Times-Herald'' subscriptions in favor of the ''Vallejo Independent Press'', the strike and new paper folded in August 1984, no longer able to compete financially. In 1999, the ''Times-Herald'' changed ownership to the MediaNews Group, who took control of the paper from Donrey. The MediaNews Group became

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in 2013. This newspaper was one of three newspapers to receive a letter from the

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on August 1, 1969.

References

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